The 2023 Southland Conference tournament was held at
Joe Miller Field on the campus of
McNeese State University in
Lake Charles, Louisiana
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, from May 9 through 13, 2023. The tournament winner,
McNeese, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the
2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were broadcast on
ESPN+
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.
Format
The tournament was a 7 team double elimination format. The top seeded team, McNeese, received a bye in first round competition.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. Tiebreakers were not needed in 2023.
*Incarnate Word and
Texas A&M–Commerce did not qualify for the tournament.
New Orleans
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does not sponsor a softball team.
Tournament
Source:
Awards and honors
Tournament
MVP
MVP most commonly refers to:
* Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition
* Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering
MVP may also refer to:
...
: Reese Reyna, McNeese
All-Tournament Teams:
Source:
:Reese Reyna, McNeese - MVP
:Mariana Torres, McNeese
:Alayis Seneca, McNeese
:Whitney Tate, McNeese
:Ashley Vallejo, McNeese
:Madison Rayner, Southeastern
:Lexi Johnson, Southeastern
:Audrey Greely, Southeastern
:Ka’Lyn Watson, Southeastern
:KK Ladner, Southeastern
:Cameron Niedenthal, Lamar
:Alexa Poche’, Nicholls
See also
2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament
References
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